intensity & relief


A group exhibition curated by Joshua Strydom

July 3 – 14, 2025


Opening night:
Friday, July 3rd, 19:00 – 22:00

Creative Rez
Av. Infante Dom Henrique 336, 4º andar
1800-224 Lisboa

5-minute walk from the metro: Cabo Ruivo

+351 934 620 181

Artists: Anna Lubbinge, Bianca Castro, Bree Chapin, Ike Ferreira, Joshua Strydom, Quandus, Sam Einstein, Ville Mehtonen, Yana Strunina

Life does not stay still. It moves between states, between noise and quiet, between the overwhelming and the held. Intensity and relief are not opposites. They are the same cycle, seen from different moments.

This exhibition brings together nine artists and takes that cycle as its starting point. The intensity of arriving somewhere new and not yet knowing if it is home. The relief of finally knowing it is. The weight of grief. The warmth of being loved through it. The confusion of learning something hard. The clarity that follows. Maximalism that breathes. Minimalism that hums. Contradiction that makes everything else make sense.